ACC Announces Search for Next Commissioner
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To be fair, ND is a full member in everything but football (which is most important.) I strongly suspect that the only real* thing keeping ND out of full ACC membership is their NBC TV deal. When that's up in 2025, I believe the ACC and ND will dangle adding ND to renegotiate the whole ACCN/ESPN/ABC broadcast package to the benefit of all the schools. Perhaps with ND retaining a veneer of independence like a virtual 'Irish Network' within the ACCN/ESPN sphere. Letting ND have a say in the commissioner will help move towards sealing that negotiation.
*Some ND fans think they're special and should be independent. But the people in charge know that ND is likely never getting in another playoff without a conference championship. After they laid an egg in 2018, the Committee will take a 1-loss P5 champion or runner-up over an undefeated ND.
With conferences moving to 9 game slates, ND wouldn't be able to fill out a P5 quality schedule without a conference. If they don't join the ACC for real, no conference, including the ACC, is going to give them a half-in deal again. They're going to have to join a conference or wind up as a defacto 'Group of 5' level independent.
*Some ND fans think they're special and should be independent. But the people in charge know that ND is likely never getting in another playoff without a conference championship. After they laid an egg in 2018, the Committee will take a 1-loss P5 champion or runner-up over an undefeated ND.
With conferences moving to 9 game slates, ND wouldn't be able to fill out a P5 quality schedule without a conference. If they don't join the ACC for real, no conference, including the ACC, is going to give them a half-in deal again. They're going to have to join a conference or wind up as a defacto 'Group of 5' level independent.
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Notre Dame isn't even a full member, and they've got twice our input on the committee. How's this work?
They're even co-chairs of the search committee. There better be a "full time membership" announcement in short order.
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Here's our rep
From that video, he was a walk-on football player at Vandy who earned a starting spot and scholarship his last year there.
From that video, he was a walk-on football player at Vandy who earned a starting spot and scholarship his last year there.
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As I said earlier, it speaks volumes as to why the ACC is viewed as one of the weaker P5 conferences.
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Got a chance to hear Dr. Cola speak at an event about a year or two ago (prior to him being the athletics faculty rep). Very impressive and not your typical GT professor. Not that I have known the previous faculty reps, but think he'll do a good job. I think we have a president who understands the importance of athletics too, so hope we're embarking on a better era of AA relations with The Hill.
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Well F people who think that. In football, we’re typically in the top couple. We hold our own in a lot of other sports too (basketball, baseball). Our academics are arguably #1 in the country. The SEC is about dead last in that regard.
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@CuseJacket Wow was I wrong! I figured it was some badminton, lawn darts or squash player. Also, he’s not just an academic. Dude’s the whole deal.
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